Great Cycling Books for the off season

In the off season I like to catch up on all of the great cycling publications for the previous year. I have a pretty massive library of cycling books which I will share my top 5 books below. Yesterday I reached out to our Twitter followers and asked Looking for some good new cycling books for this winter, got any recommendations?. I got quite few response and a few asked to publish what results I do get. Here is what you all recommended

2 - Hearts of Lions Fantastic book on American racing way back in the day. Learn about a sport that was bigger than football and baseball combined at the time! Europe, whatever, New Jersey was were it was at our Salt Lake city. I must read for anyone interested in cycling history!

- 1 Major Taylor Without a doubt my favorite book! It could be argued that Major Taylor was THE greatest cyclist of all time, greater than Lance. But what really captured my attention is learning about the struggles of black athletes long ago. Its terrible that Jackie Robinson gets soo much credit for breaking the white barrier because Major Taylor had to do the same thing nearly 30 years BEFORE Jackie became a star AND Major Taylor had to deal with religious difficulty too (racing on Sundays). Not only do I recommend this book to anyone but I also recommend this to be read in our schools today. Major Taylor was amazing!

Obviously, one of the best- 'Breakaway-On the road with the Tour de france" by
Samuel Abt. Book uses the 1984 Tour to tell the story of bike racing. Also, real gems that would be hard to find are the pictorial yearbooks "The Fabulous World of Cycling" from the mid to late 1980s.

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